EATER OF SOULS by Lynda S. Robinson (A Lord Meren Mystery)--hardcover with dustjacket, worn, book club edition--How did Nefertiti, wife of Akhenaten, die? Lord Meren, the Eyes and Ears of Pharoah, is certain the queen was murdered, and that the hand responsible belongs to a member of the royal court--a person who is still close to the presence of the Pharoah Tutankhamun. Meren's questions threaten far too many people of popwer and bring the possibilities of vengeance and death to his very doorstep, placing the lives of his daughters and son in peril. Priests, courtiers, and others would like nothing more than to see Meren fall...and it appears that the gods, too, are toying with him as the royal city of Memphis is terrorized by a series of horrific slayings committed by the Devourer, the eater of souls, one of the most fearsome of the gods in the Egyptian pantheon. From the splendor and intrigue of the palace, to the back rooms of taverns where anything may be acquired for a price, and from the wondrous mysteries of the temples to the more basic mystery of murder in the deserted alleyways of Memphis, Lynda S. Robinson brings the Egypt of history and myth to vivid--and always suspenseful--life.
